Vegetable peeler

An apparatus for peeling a food having a peel, comprising:

• a frame surrounding an open center and including:
• a top side,
• a bottom side,
• an inner surface,
• an outer surface,
• a thickness;
• and
• a plurality of holes traversing the thickness of the frame passing through both the inner surface and the outer surface of the frame;
• and
• a plurality of elongate blades disposed within the open center of the frame, wherein each of the plurality of elongate blades has a maximum length which extends substantially parallel to the top side of the frame and comprises:
• an inner end having a guide element formed therein or thereon,
• an outer end, and
• an elongated blade surface extending between the inner end and the outer end;
• wherein a portion of the outer end of each of the plurality of elongate blades is received within a respective one of the plurality of holes traversing the thickness of the frame,
• wherein the guide element on each of the plurality of elongate blades is slidably engaged with another one of the plurality of elongate blades to form an aperture between the plurality of elongate blades, and
• wherein sliding movement of the inner ends of the plurality of elongate blades relative to each other occurs in response to the food being urged through the aperture and causes the aperture to automatically vary in size to conform to the food as the food is passed through the aperture.